Hello Everyone, Just upgraded from Mavericks (10.9.2) to Yosemite (10.10.2). Didn't do a clean install, just upgraded. Does Encore still work? Yes, but not right away. I went back to my post (Re: Encore CS6 On OSX Mavericks), performed the steps under "Encore Crashing on Launch", cleared Encore's Media Cache files and database, opened a project from a year ago, BOOM – ready to go. Note: if you change the Media Cache files and database location, video assets'  will be Pending... until everything's rebuilt. Open a new Finder window and go to that new location. You'll actually see it rebuilding. So with a bit of maintenance, Encore still works in Yosemite. Enjoy! ... View more

Two weeks ago, one my of editors was having trouble with Encore crashing on startup, failing to open existing projects, and stalling on Quit. He also informed me the problem had been there for almost a year. Since Encore never worked for him in Mavericks, he used DVD Studio Pro or used someone else's studio for Encore. The irony? My revival process was born from his trouble with Encore. Anyway, I went through my trusty revival process, and... Encore continued to crash, fail, and stall. After a day's worth of work and research, I discovered something: Encore loads MediaCore plugins. Encore wanted to use them, but Encore didn't like them. I removed them, and Encore came back to life. I only saw this by relaunching Encore after a crash, and watching the output in OS X's Console. I noticed different plugin packages being referenced. One of these was AJA's Adobe plugins. We use these for live previewing After Effects through a client monitor connected to an IoExpress. For whatever reason, Encore tried loading these AJA plugins. I manually removed them, relaunched Encore, and success! No more crashing, failing, or stalling. (MediaCore plugin path - /Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-in's/CS6/MediaCore) So if my process doesn't work for you, you're solving the wrong problem. It's OK, I started out solving the wrong problem too! For example, if you see a "Photoshop file error -1" dialog, that's a different problem. Apparently it has something to do with either bad fonts or type rendering when round-tripping with Photoshop. Flatten the type layers (i.e. convert the text to graphics), and you're good to go. References: Re: Adobe Encore - Background Video Rendering & 'Photoshop File Error - 1' OS X 10.9 Mavericks: Will Adobe software work? | conrad chavez | blog I realize many of you won't read this. You'll post something like videofinest, who apparently hates to read. For these I say, Encore CS6 is the last version. It's unsupported. Don't call Apple or Adobe. Google your problem. Read. Encore is still the best app for authoring DVD / Blu-Ray affordably. Discs are dead. Not "mostly dead", dead. ... View more

Dipped back into Encore today. (Still works in OS X 10.9.2) Then I remembered this thread. Saw one response in particular, and thought I would clarify. First, if you haven't read Neil Wilkes backgrounder on why Encore was end-of-life'd, read it: https://forums.adobe.com/message/6123689#6123689 Second, Neil Wilkes wrote: Oh please! DVD is not dead, discs are not dead - this is all BS from streaming on demand freaks who want to believe this. Here's what I've seen in the last 18 months: Discs for client proofing - Clients don't wanna wait for an overnight. They want it now. All but replaced by file sharing over services like Dropbox or WeTransfer. Discs for final delivery Broadcast - finals are uploaded to a local affiliate's server. Client Projects - the overwhelming majority is distributed on the network – either publicly on YouTube, or privately on an internal network resource. Live events - files are played back digitally from a hardware/software appliance (e.g. PlaybackPro, GrassValley's iDDR Turbo 2, etc.). Discs aren't dead, but they're definitely fading away. Not advocating, just reporting. Also, There was an add-on available for Encore to create BDCMF replication folders but if Encore is not running on latest Mac OS it is futile - which starts to beg the question "why update to a new OS that breaks the software you rely on to earn a living?" But it does run on Mavericks! I just authored and built a DVD 10 minutes ago. Check out my previous post, then do what you gotta do. Speaking of, Stan Jones can some of these posts be marked as "Answered?" https://forums.adobe.com/message/6303293#6303293 https://forums.adobe.com/message/6202462 He cross-posted in the Avid forums too - http://community.avid.com/forums/p/125680/722719.aspx#722719 https://forums.adobe.com/message/6276500 So - Encore still works. It's still the best authoring solution on OS X. Discs aren't dead, but they're mostly dead. That's today. Maybe I'll be back after Yosemite's released. ... View more

Hey Guys, If you're having trouble using Encore in Mavericks, try these. Encore Crashing on Launch Grab Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager (free). Trash Encore's preferences. Empty your Trash and restart. (If your Trash won't empty, restart, then try again.) Relaunch Encore. If crashing continues, grab OnyX. Repair permissions, then clean system and user caches. Relaunch Encore. Note: these steps should only happen once, not every time you use Encore. Encore Crashes Opening an Existing Project Do steps 1-3 above. Create a new Encore project. Doesn't matter if it's DVD or Blu-Ray. Just pick something based on whatever assets you have lying around. Keep the Untitled project default settings. Import an asset or two. (The smaller, the better.) Now, stop. Go to Step 4. Open your existing project. No need to save Untitled. Encore should be fully functional. When you quit, though, it'll be a Force Quit. Thankfully, these are the only steps you need for regular usage. Creating new projects should be status quo. Finally, here's a Digital Rebellion article on fixing project corruption. It didn't apply to me, but it might help you. Unfortunately, we're all in that weird place where discs are dying, but you can't tell your clients, "Haven't you heard? Discs are dead." We have DVD Studio Pro, but it can't do Blu-Ray. The only other pro option would be Scenarist, but... we're not authoring for the Criterion Collection. If any Criterion staff are reading, though, we're available. ... View more